Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is releasing water from the reservoirs according to the indents issued by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA). A WAPDA spokesman said here on Wednesday that in the wake of annual canal closure in the months of December / January water releases from the reservoirs have been drastically reduced and WAPDA is strictly following the IRSA indents for both Mangla and Tarbela reservoirs and elsewhere.
As per details, water releases from Mangla with effect from December 26, 2010 to January 12, 2011 were 10,000 cusecs as per the IRSA indent However, the spokesman said that in case of Tarbela, IRSA issued different indents for different dates.